but still got errors and no gui until after adding the second directory at /var/run/dbus

however still not connected.

puppy sees mobile phone Sony-erricsonG502 but phone doesn't see puppy.
phone is using same settings that enable bluetooth connection in knoppix531 immediately before booting puppy431.
g502 connects via USB cable using pupdial and has modem detected as ttyACM0
gprs-connect detects ttyS0 but fails to connect.

sending via bluetooth stops at the image screen below and doesn't send and doesn't show as connected on the phone.
various code cut at various times most interesting is perhaps
bluetooth-wizar[12453]: segfault at 0 ip b7e5e980 sp bf908e60 error 4 in libdbus -1.so.3.4.0[b7e54000+35000]
see below for context

I think its something new with Puppy 4.31 or with the 2.6.30.5 Kernel and newer.
I've tried all the pets on a clean install - no go.
I've also tried older sets of bluez obex etc. that I successfully used on older puppies (e.g 4.12) without any problems -albeit at the command line/script level.
Now none of those things work anymore.

Common to both approaches - I can scan and find Bluetooth devices via my USB dongle. Shows up fine in the bluetooth-wizard.
Connecting in any form goes bad and no notification goes through to the device to punch in a pin number.

Common errors at the command line show things like:
From passkey-agent "Can't get on system bus"
or others like rfcomm connect :"Can't connect RFCOMM socket: No route to host"
Or hcid "Unable to get on D-Bus"

I've only tested on 4.3. I'm doubtful about earlier versions, as the gtk version on 4.3 is even technically too old to run the gnome-bluetooth tools.

Something is screwy with the dbus install here too. I intend to take a look when I get a chance but I'm trying to get Puppeee to a releasable quality the moment and it's pretty much taking all my time.

Worked fine for sending files from the computer to the telephone (not for receiving).

The computer is shown in the telephone's list for sending, but when I press send I get "sending failed".

Should I add the telephone's mac address to some kind of list for enabling the computer to receive files? Which one is the shared directory if I want to access to the computer from the telephone? Where to set it?

(then at this point here i connected my usb cable to my phone because i though failure had occurred)

after a longish time and then more longish time for the folder
/root/bluetooth-share/phone memory
to be fully populated i was able to copy things slowly from my phone to my eeepc for the first time.
not sure yet which are the needed steps. above_________________
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In Fedora 14, I have tangoGPS working just fine using bluetooth rfcomm with my Nokia E75 phone's GPS, just wondered how to get the bluetooth rfcomm working under puppy and if this tango will be able to use serial ports not just usb?